Need help removing cam tower
 

The cam tower appears to be sealed to the heads with a black goop. I have removed all 18 nuts, yet the tower will not budge. I have attempted to pry the tower off and also picked up the entire engine by the cam tower and it won't budge. Is there a secret button to push or what???? Oh by the way it is an 1981 3.0L from an SC.

Thanks,
DAniel

Hopefully you have removed the chain housing, and, if so, you could tap with a mallet around the tower. The surface area between the tower and head is not great, someone probably used a different sealant/adhesive than loctite 574.
Good luck.
Tom

Presuming you have removed cams, rocker arms, chain cases and all 18 nuts (including the three internal wrenching barrel nuts from both cam towers (both sides of the engine) for a total of 36 nuts then try using a soft face/dead blow hammer against the towers. Do not hit the cylinder head fins; they'll break off! Recall that each cylinder head also has two locating pins which will limit sideways movement of the towers; they have to be lifted off after being broken free. Pray that the "Dukes of Hazard" didn't epoxy the cam towers on!

If the heads are still bolted to the studs ... take off all 24 10 mm Allen nuts and take the head/cam tower assembly off at once! Put the heads in a Black & Decker Workmate, and get a 2x6 piece of lumber 4-5 feet long and pry at the ends of the cam tower ... SLOWLY!!! If the black 'gunk' is like tar ... pounding isn't the answer!

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Warren Hall
1973 911S Targa
1992 Dodge Dakota 5.2 4X4 parts hauler

once the cam tower/head assembly is on the bench and all the nuts removed, i've never had any that didn't come apart easily with a little pry on both sides of the head, using a stout screwdriver blade.

Thanks everyone. After taking the heads and camtower off as one piece, it was much easier to seperate the heads individually.

Thanks again,
Daniel